Category: LB5JJ
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Building a 6m Magnetic Loop Antenna in 60 Minutes
Ever wanted to build a magnetic loop antenna? Let me show you how I built my 6m magnetic loop in just 60 minutes with parts available from your local hardware store or found around the average ham shack.
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Size matters: QRP Balun
I recently took delivery of the 6m carbon fibre mast from Sotabeams. Planning on getting together a extremely lightweight and compact kit for portable radio. Starting with a simple choke balun for QRP dipoles and verticals. Parts used in this build are: The RG-174 fit through the toroid 9 times which should provide adequate isolation…
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FT8 on the iPhone with NO wires!
Running FT8 on the iPhone with NO wires. SDR Control Mobile connects to the IC-705 over WiFi. Far from the best way of running FT8, but seeing as it gives me the option to do so without bringing /any/ additional equipment, I think it’s a really useful tool to have!
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SOTA: LA/BU-116 Skotlia
Winter bonus season is upon us, an it really started out with a bang. Close to -20°C at its coldest, I spent about 1 hour and 10 minutes walking up and about 50 minutes going back down. Easy walk on well maintained forest road for most of the way but I’m glad i brought the…
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SOTA: LA/TM-091 Austre Nuke
Another day, another SOTA. Rounding up the 1-pointers this last weekend before bonus season. Starting next Friday, all the local 2-pointers will yield an additional 3 winter bonus points. So; no ticks and 150% winter bonus! What’s not to like? Well, to answer my own question – snow! Snow’s what’s not to like. Todays summit…
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SOTA: LA/TM-248 Tiurkollen
Winter is fastening its grip once again, which means the forests around where I live are now free of ticks! I’ve been looking forwards to this for quite some time now. Of course activating in sub-zero temperatures has it’s own challenges, and I’m sure by the time spring comes around I’ll be more then happy…